gas: remove use of PTR

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diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
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--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,40 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* Add an option to objdump and readelf to prevent attempts to access debuginfod
+  servers when following links.
+* objcopy --weaken, --weaken-symbol, and --weaken-symbols now make ELF
+  STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbols weak.
+
+* objdump now supports syntax highlighting of disassembler output for some
+  architectures.  Use the --disassembler-color=MODE command line flag, with
+  mode being either off, color, or extended-color.
+
+Changes in 2.38:
+
+* elfedit: Add --output-abiversion option to update ABIVERSION.
+
+* Add support for the LoongArch instruction set.
+
+* Tools which display symbols or strings (readelf, strings, nm, objdump)
+  have a new command line option which controls how unicode characters are
+  handled.  By default they are treated as normal for the tool.  Using
+  --unicode=locale will display them according to the current locale.
+  Using --unicode=hex will display them as hex byte values, whilst
+  --unicode=escape will display them as escape sequences.  In addition
+  using --unicode=highlight will display them as unicode escape sequences
+  highlighted in red (if supported by the output device).
+
+* readelf -r dumps RELR relative relocations now.
+
+* Support for efi-app-aarch64, efi-rtdrv-aarch64 and efi-bsdrv-aarch64 has been
+  added to objcopy in order to enable UEFI development using binutils.
+
+* ar: Add --thin for creating thin archives. -T is a deprecated alias without
+  diagnostics. In many ar implementations -T has a different meaning, as
+  specified by X/Open System Interface.
+
+Changes in 2.37:
+
 * The readelf tool has a new command line option which can be used to specify
   how the numeric values of symbols are reported.  --sym-base=0|8|10|16 tells
   readelf to display the values in base 8, base 10 or base 16.  A sym base of 0
@@ -810,7 +845,7 @@ Changes in binutils 2.1:
   and/or local symbols only.  They now also support long options.
 
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